carpet bomb

carpet bombverb

• 1

  To bomb (an area) in such a manner that the ordnance covers the entire area without gaps.

  • The infantry were destroyed after the enemy carpet bombed the ground they were occupying.
  • Russian bombers were carpet bombing the ridge directly above them, in a vain attempt to kill the Mujahideen fighters that plagued their operations on the ground.

carpet bombnoun

• 1

  A bomb used in a carpet bombing.

  • This multiplicity of outlets work like carpet bombs that leave very little empty space for competition to be comfortable.
  • There was a whole new lexicon to learn: cluster bombs, fragmentation bombs, carpet bombs, napalm bombs, phosphorous bombs with their delicate spidery fingers stretching in all directions.
• 2

  A bombing of this kind.

  • This underground arena features switches that trigger lasers, and a carpet bomb of the entire lower and upper levels.
  • I watched in awe as the pans and glasses exploded halfway across the lawn, erupting from the tarp like a simulated war scenario where the plan of attack was a carpet bomb initiated from the sky.